whateatsrabbits
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Toohotruk
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Here's my new 2011 Ford Ranger...I bought it a couple of weeks ago, and just got around to snapping a pic last weekend. I got one of the last ones...too bad they discontinued the Ranger (in the USA at least), they're good little trucks.
AMD64Blondie
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I don't drive.. but my Dad drives a 1999 Subaru Forester,and Mom's car is a 2009 Toyota Prius.
FlatlandBusa
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Foreground 2008 Hayabusa, Background 2001 Explorer...
Max_Power
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Last Saturday I traded in my 2008 BMW 750i and leased a 2012 Nissan Leaf. It's a great car - so far I am not missing the BMW, and that's saying something - I really liked that car.
Now I have a use for the extra 10 kWh per day that my new solar panels are generating beyond my household usage. At 4.5 miles/kWh, that's 45 miles a day of free fuel.
In the short, dark days of winter I'll be paying the power company under 10 cents/kWh, which is $1 per 45 miles, versus $13 in gas for the 15 mpg BMW. Gas savings alone will pay the lease!
I can reach anywhere in a 30 mile radius without worrying about getting home. Work is 5 miles away, no sweat. This weekend I will try some driving in the hills and a stop at Stanford mall to check out the public chargers. There's a quick charger there (charges a dead battery to 80% in under 30 minutes), but I don't have the card to activate it yet. Portola Valley library has some nice free 240V chargers as well.
Interesting owner-based website for the leaf:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com
Great listing of places to get a charge:
http://www.plugshare.com/
Now I have a use for the extra 10 kWh per day that my new solar panels are generating beyond my household usage. At 4.5 miles/kWh, that's 45 miles a day of free fuel.
In the short, dark days of winter I'll be paying the power company under 10 cents/kWh, which is $1 per 45 miles, versus $13 in gas for the 15 mpg BMW. Gas savings alone will pay the lease!
I can reach anywhere in a 30 mile radius without worrying about getting home. Work is 5 miles away, no sweat. This weekend I will try some driving in the hills and a stop at Stanford mall to check out the public chargers. There's a quick charger there (charges a dead battery to 80% in under 30 minutes), but I don't have the card to activate it yet. Portola Valley library has some nice free 240V chargers as well.
Interesting owner-based website for the leaf:
http://www.mynissanleaf.com
Great listing of places to get a charge:
http://www.plugshare.com/
Same here!But back to the subject I drive a 2008 Ford Ranger Sport 4x4. I bought new and I only got 31K on it.
I bought my wife a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze 1LT. Awesome gas mileage.
TedTheLed
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..a 1996 subaru legacy.. only 90000 miles on it.. its in the shop now, getting a new gasket so it doesnt leak oil..
I need the all wheel drive to get up my driveway some (rainy) days..
..rats regularly build nests in the engine, theres NO insulation left on the hood..
I need the all wheel drive to get up my driveway some (rainy) days..
..rats regularly build nests in the engine, theres NO insulation left on the hood..
walterr839
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2002 BMW M3 109K
94 888 SPO LTD
94 888 SPO LTD
I've been enjoying this 91 Deville for 15 years, only 108,500 miles on it.
My wife, our two boys, and I were rear-ended May 2012. The other driver was drinking beer. :sigh: Insurance company totaled the car.
~ Chance
My wife, our two boys, and I were rear-ended May 2012. The other driver was drinking beer. :sigh: Insurance company totaled the car.
~ Chance
Nice home away from home Pops! :thumbsup:
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litzerski
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I sold my car a few years ago...just motorcycles for me. '06 Honda VFR800 and '11 Yamaha FZ8
We just tri....
Oh, wrong photo ....
That's horrible! Absolutely horrible! I can't believe what I'm looking at at! . . . That moose is drinking and driving. There's no excuse for that.
Max_Power
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1989 GMC Jimmy
Before & after winch/bumper install.
Your license plate is blocking one of your headlights. I bet that you normally don't have it on the front at all.
That's a nice off-road rig!
iapyx
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Since a week I don't drive a Volvo anymore but a Saab 93 2.0t
Planning to make a few photos of it this weekend.
Ha, found this photo I made with my mobile phone and just sent it to photobucket:
Planning to make a few photos of it this weekend.
Ha, found this photo I made with my mobile phone and just sent it to photobucket:
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rioimmagina
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Since a year I drive this:
I don't see many european cars here on cpf, so i want to introduce this nice Renault Megane RS: it's a 2L four cylinders, twin scroll turbo installed on a hot hatch body. 6 gears manual shift. Traction avant with lsd differential and cup frame. Brembo brakes, hard suspension set up and Recaro bucket seats. 235-45-18 Michelin Pilot Cup chewy tires. There is a cool monitor in the dashboard telling every kind of info regarding engine's working, with the possibility of changing the dynamic response including power and throttle. 265ps, 0-100km/h in 6 sec, top speed 250km/h. Little less than 8' lap time at the Nordschleife (with a real pilot behind the wheel, of course).
I never had the occasion to ride it in a circuit, unfortunately, but I would love to. On the street is funny and rapid. There is a bit of lag before the turbo gets in, giving an old school turbo feeling. But then it's brutal, with the wheels pulling convulsely left and right the steering due to the lsd action, while the turbo whistles and the dash blips for the shift timing. Excellent cornering too. You can push and it's reactive but solid. Forgives a lot and it makes easy to go fast in full control. Braking is plenty.
Cool car.
I don't see many european cars here on cpf, so i want to introduce this nice Renault Megane RS: it's a 2L four cylinders, twin scroll turbo installed on a hot hatch body. 6 gears manual shift. Traction avant with lsd differential and cup frame. Brembo brakes, hard suspension set up and Recaro bucket seats. 235-45-18 Michelin Pilot Cup chewy tires. There is a cool monitor in the dashboard telling every kind of info regarding engine's working, with the possibility of changing the dynamic response including power and throttle. 265ps, 0-100km/h in 6 sec, top speed 250km/h. Little less than 8' lap time at the Nordschleife (with a real pilot behind the wheel, of course).
I never had the occasion to ride it in a circuit, unfortunately, but I would love to. On the street is funny and rapid. There is a bit of lag before the turbo gets in, giving an old school turbo feeling. But then it's brutal, with the wheels pulling convulsely left and right the steering due to the lsd action, while the turbo whistles and the dash blips for the shift timing. Excellent cornering too. You can push and it's reactive but solid. Forgives a lot and it makes easy to go fast in full control. Braking is plenty.
Cool car.
